The Team

Nik has extensive experience in the startup industry, serving as the Creative Director for several funded and profitable companies, including Spongecell (Halo/IPG) and
WorkMarket (USV/Spark Capital). Prior to the startup world, he was at Yahoo, where he was the lead designer for the OpenID/oAuth implementations, as well as the lead designer for all payment and checkout screens.

Nik is a honors graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, with a Bachelors Degree in Information Systems/Communication Design in 2004, and a Masters Degree in Information Systems Management in 2005. During his time at Carnegie Mellon, Nik was awarded several AIGA Student honors, and was a two-time All-American and fourteen-time All-Conference athlete.

Keith has worked with three NBA franchises - including the Oklahoma City Thunder and Philadelphia 76ers - performing extensive statistical analysis and data management. In addition, he has worked with ESPN and the Wall Street Journal, contributing analysis across multiple platforms.

Keith graduated Magna Cum Laude from Northwestern University with a B.A. in Mathematics. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and his sports analytics research has been featured at conferences across the nation. Keith was recently named to Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 list for young disruptors, innovators and entrepreneurs in the sports industry.

Michael has spent his career working at a range of companies, from publicly owned (SnapInteractive) to recently acquired (Zingy) to Fortune 500 (SparkNotes owned by Barnes & Noble). Along the way, he furnished an affinity for scaling systems, a skillset that helped the websites and Facebook applications he worked on scale to millions of page views and transactions everyday.

Michael is a graduate of Rutgers University, with a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science in 2005.

Adam brings to the team significant sales and business development experience, having served as the Director of National Accounts and Strategic Partnerships at Yext, where he moved up the ranks from a part of the sales team to Sales Manager to Director in just two years.

Adam is a 2008 graduate of the University of Arizona, with a BA in Urban Planning and Business Management.

Brian most recently worked as a mobile developer at S&P Capital IQ, contributing to both iPad and smartphone financial apps. Prior to that, he interned at Microsoft, working as part of their
Windows team. Since college, he developed a passion for front end development and design, specifically in the mobile sector. He supports the greatest sports city of all time, Philadelphia, although it would be fair
to say that his co-workers don't even think it's the greatest in the state.

Brian is a 2011 graduate of Cornell University, with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science.

Brian claims that his favorite office snack is unsalted peanuts, but we've all seen him destroy the Twix out of FanDuel's candy baskets, so...

JJ comes from the ad agency world, working with Fortune 500 consumer brands throughout his young career. He published his first e-book in 2012, The Late Round Quarterback, highlighting a logical strategy for fantasy football enthusiasts. Since, he’s been featured on sites like NBC Sports’ Rotoworld, and has had numerous spots on SiriusXM Fantasy radio.

JJ graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and a Certificate in Digital Media.

His favorite office snack is almonds. Preferably the unsalted variety.

Amar brings years of technical experience to numberFire. Previously to joining the team, he was an SDE at Amazon.com. Prior to that he has interned at Apple and Amazon. Amar was born and raised in Pittsburgh and is a big fan of all Pittsburgh sports.

Amar graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2012 with a Bachelors of Computer Science.

Amar doesn't work out of numberFire HQ, so he doesn't have an official favorite office snack. Boo.

Sam comes to numberFire after spending several years in the advertising industry working on branding projects for many major sports brands and professional franchises, including the Miami Dolphins, New York Jets and Philadelphia Eagles. He is also a long time contributor to numberFire on the content side. Born and raised in New Jersey, Sam is a life-long New York sports fan despite living in Philadelphia for several years.

Sam is a 2010 graduate of Syracuse University, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Advertising Management.

Brandon is the Associate Editor at numberFire. He has earned a bachelor's in English Literature and a minor in creative writing from the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown. He also earned a master's in Journalism and Mass Communication (and a concentration in International Finance for some reason) at Point Park University in Pittsburgh.

When not watching sports, Brandon is most likely with his wife, writing fiction, or lifting weights.

Jim comes to numberFire with a background in print and broadcast journalism, previously working in radio before joining the team. While writing about fantasy sports in his spare time, Jim was able to provide play-by-play commentary for nine different sports at events such as the Gator Bowl, various Big Ten tournaments, and NCAA tournament games.

Jim graduated from Northwestern University in 2014 with a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism and a minor in political science. He grew up in Minnesota and is a fan of the Minnesota Twins, New York Jets, and all things NASCAR.

Tom graduated from Skidmore College in 2011 with a BA in Ancient Greek and Religion and is a lifelong New Yorker. Before coming to numberFire, Tom switched focus to web development and did full stack and front end engineering in the publishing industry for Scientific American as well as smaller design firms around NYC. He is a fervent Yankees, Knicks and Giants fan.

Lemieux brings a lot of attitude and sass into the office environment, in the rare instances when she is not sleeping in the sun on the windowsill. She is also responsible for large delays in productive work, due to laying on all of our computers and demanding to be fed.